Jessie Matthews
Stage Actress
British actress, singer, and dancer who appeared in numerous London theatre productions, including This Year of Grace, Wake Up and Dream, London Calling!, and Ever Green.
She made her on-screen debut in a silent film entitled The Beloved Vagabond. Several years earlier, she had appeared as a child in a London theatrical production called Bluebell in Fairyland.
In 1970, she was honored with an Order of the British Empire designation.
She married third husband Brian Lewis in 1945; they divorced in 1959.
She performed in a London production of Ever Green, a musical featuring music by Richard Rodgers.